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BL
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947462
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b701832
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Einarsdóttir, Jónína.
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| Title & Author
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Tired of weeping : : mother love, child death, and poverty in Guinea-Bissau /\ Jónína Einarsdóttir.
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| Publication Statement
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Madison :: University of Wisconsin Press,, ©2004.
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| Series Statement
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Women in Africa and the diaspora
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xiii, 236 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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0299201333
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: 1282269542
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: 6612269545
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: 9780299201333
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: 9781282269545
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: 9786612269547
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0299201309
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0299201341
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9780299201302
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9780299201340
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-225) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Marriage relations -- Burdens of birth -- Conceptualization of children -- Diseases and death -- Non-human children.
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| Abstract
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In this comprehensive and provocative study of maternal reactions to child death in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, anthropologist Jónína Einarsdóttir challenges the assumption that mothers in high-poverty societies will neglect their children and fail to mourn their deaths as a survival strategy. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted from 1993 to 1998 among the matrilineal Papel, who reside in the Biombo region, this work includes theoretical discussion of reproductive practices, conceptions of children, childcare customs, interpretations of diseases and death, and infanticide. Einarsdóttir also brings compelling narratives of life experiences and reflections of Papel women.--Publisher description.
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Children-- Mortality-- Guinea-Bissau-- Biombo.
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Mothers-- Guinea-Bissau-- Biombo-- Psychology.
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Papel (African people)-- Kinship.
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Papel (African people)-- Mortality.
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Papel (African people)-- Psychology.
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Children-- Mortality
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FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS-- Life Stages-- Adolescence.
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FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS-- Life Stages-- Teenagers.
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History Archaeology.
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Manners and customs
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Mothers-- Psychology
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Regions Countries - Africa.
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Biombo (Guinea-Bissau), Social life and customs.
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Guinea-Bissau, Biombo
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| Dewey Classification
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305.235/086/942096657
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| LC Classification
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DT613.45.P36E56 2004eb
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